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Harnessing And Developing The Potential Of Student Leadership In Schools

student leadership in schools

It feels great to get an opportunity to participate in a student leadership in schools program. A lot of schools throughout the world are starting to reconsider the manner in which they educate their student leaders and how they harness the great leadership potential of their students. A few weeks ago, I took part in two mind-engaging training programs which are worthless.

First, in December 2019, five schools came together and organized a three-day training program for a few of their students in various leadership positions. The theme of the program was student leadership in schools and focused on enhancing important matters such as teamwork skills, presentation skills, and helping students play their roles even better.

Classroom teachers did the sessions and the local high school was used as a base. One more training day happened at the beginning of the year to provide the students with a chance to take their roles a step further. This mode of training is very beneficial as it offers amazing opportunities for teachers to develop professionally and also helps in the transition easier for high-school for a lot of students.

Another wonderful training program on student leadership in schools was organized and over a hundred students were chosen to attend one leadership workshop day organized by the teachers. By participating in groups, the students got the chance to enhance their ideas when they mingled with student leaders from several different schools. Sharpening their skills required for their unique roles the group to start looking at ways of talking leadership a notch higher through organizing self-initiated projects.

Using self-sponsored projects has proven to be a nice way of developing the potentially-active, community-minded, motivated students, which fits most student leaders’ profile.

Some primary schools are boasting of some self-initiated projects that they have developed over the course of the time. Here are examples:

Such projects need supervision and some help from teachers if they are to be done well. However, when student leadership in schools is well cultivated, students can prove themselves to be very capable people and project managers when provided with the opportunity.

For schools looking to extend their student leaders’ activities beyond just fulfilling their roles, by getting involved in extra projects, the below tips can prove helpful:

Conclusion

Schools are looking for new ways of harnessing and developing the potential of student leadership in schools. In that way, the use of self-initiated projects can make learning more efficient for students.

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